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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4893, 29 December 1888, Page 2

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Per Electric Telegraph Cop v eight.) (Per Press Association.) (Deceived 10.30 p.m,, Deo. 28th.) * OBITUARY. Lonuon, Dec. 27. Francis Giovanni Marcini, Italian landscape painter, aged 59. FOOTBALL. The Maori football team has been invited to play a match at the Cape on their way back to Hew Zealand. NAYAL APPOIHTMENT. Captain Castles, R.N., has been appointed to tho command of H.M.S. Rapid. THE GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND. Sir H. W. Norman has been delayed at Jamaica, and will not sail for Queensland till about tho beginning of March next. COMMERCIAL. Mutton is unchanged. Beef 3d to 4d. In his monthly aircular just issued, Mr F. O. Licht, estimates the surplus of the European beet crop at 392,000 tons over that of last year despite the fact that the crops of Germany and Austria suffered great injury from a wet season. The present visible stocks and floating cargoes show a decrease of 270,000 tons. THE GOYAN SEAT. Sir John Pender, chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, will contest the seat for tho Govan division (Lanark), vacant by tho death of Sir W. Pearce. THE INDIAN CONGRESS. Calcutta, Dec. 27. The National Indian Congress commenced its sittings to-day at Allahabad. Three thousand delegates were present,

and Mr. Yuille, a merchant of Calcutta, and President of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, was elected president. In his opening address the president complained that the present system of government was defective, inasmuch as it disallowed free discussion on vital subjects, and gave no local control over finance. He advocated the election of one half of the Legislative Council instead of the present system or appointment by the Crown, but thought the Legislative Council should retain the right of veto. Referring to the Marquis of Dufferin’s recent valedictory speech, Mr Yuille said it exhibited an imperfect knowledge of the true condition of Indian affairs.

(Received 12,55 a.m, Deo. 29th.) RIVER DEFENCES.

London, Dec 28,

A deputation headed by Sir William Armstrong, waited on Lord Salisbury to-' day and presented an address in which the subscribers thereto stated they absolutely declined to initiate land defences of the Clyde, Forth, Mersey, Tees and Tyne, submitting that this is a duty devolving on the Government. The necessity of taking urgent measures to place the defences on a proper basis was strongly urged, and the address set forth that in the opinion of the subscribers the present defences were quite inadequate. COPPER RING. M. De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent !of the Times , states that an English copper syndicate with a capital of three millions is projected for the purpose of purchasing 80,000 tons of copper. THE PANAMA CANAL. Paris, Dec. 20. Four thousand Panama shareholders have resolved to waive their right to payment on the coupons held by them until the canal is completed and opened. An endeavour is being made to raise the necessary capital for the completion of the work. The confidence of the people in M. DeLesseps is unshaken. (Special to Press Association.) (Received 10 a.m„ Dec. 28th.) THE “BLACK MAN” EPITHET. London, Deo, 27. Dabadhai Naoroji, theParaee who contested Hnlborn at the last general election, has received 4000 letters and messages, some by cable, from Australia and America protesting against the epithet of “ black man ” applied to him by Lord Salisbury. A STEAMER FOUNDERED. SEVERAL LIVES LOST. The steamer Storm Queen from Sebastopol to Holland was caught in a hurricane in the Bay of Biscay. Her cargo shifted, and the vessel becoming helpless eventually foundered. Twenty of the crew were saved in a boat, but the remainder wentdown with the ship. RESISTING TITHES, \ Resistance to the collection of tithes in Wales is increasing. DAMAGE BY DYNAMITE. , Madrid, Dec. 27. The house of a senator residing in this city has been damaged by dynamite. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY. Washington,„Dec. 27. By a fire at Marblehead, in Massachusetts, nine acres of dwellings, factories, and warehouses, have been destroyed; The damage is estimated to reach half a million dollars. A fire at Cincinnati resulted in the destruction of factories and dwellinghouses to the extent of 300,000 dollars. THE ACTOR’S RING. The actor’s ring, which was formed with the avowed object of keeping foreign actors out of America is succumbing to the ridicule generally excited by the absurdity of the idea. THE SIR JOHN HANNA CATASTROPHE. Thousands of spectators witnessed the destruction of the steamer Sir John Hanna, on the Mississippi River, but are said to have been powerless to assist the drowning people. In the eagerness of the onlookers to get a view of the catastrophe a number of persons were thrust into a quagmire on the river bank and suffocated. GENERAL BOULANGER. Paris, Dec. 27. The Ministry are afraid that General Boulanger will be successful in the forthcoming election for Paris. SLAUGHTERING NATIVES. Zanzibar, Dec. 27. Desultory fighting has taken place at Bagomayo. The Germans landed and slaughtered a number of natives. (Received 12.45 p.m., Dec. 28th.) A MURDERER’S APPEAL. Paris, Dec. 27. Bado, the Parisian murderer who is under sentence of death, has appealed to the president, M. Sadi Carnot, for a remission of his sentence. He asserts bis claims to freedom, and that he will not be satisfied with simply a commutation of his sentence. ;

KING MILAN. Belgrade, Dec. 27. It is believed that King Milan’s future action will bo limited to the acceptance of a Radical cabinet or abdication.